The Dalai Lama's entire being is about peace and harmony…

Performing for the Dalai Lama - those are words I never imagined coming out of my mouth.

— Joe Nichols

One Mongolian leader became a very, very brutal dictator and eventually became a murderer. Previously, he was a monk, and then he became a…

— Dalai Lama

I don't like the antagonism that most religions have for science, and freedom and, frankly, individuality. I do like the Dalai Lama.

— George Meyer

I believe that Willy Nelson is the hillbilly Dalai Lama.

— Kinky Friedman

If I prayed as much as I pluck, I'd be the Dalai Lama.

— Kathie Lee Gifford

I've met the Dalai Lama briefly, but I would probably say my grandfather was the wisest person I ever met. He was my mother's…

— Salman Rushdie

Yet [Dalai Lama] has said very strongly that basic freedoms of thought and speech have to be respected in Tibet and they're not at…

— Pico Iyer

Buddha's teaching are very simple, you don't have to break your head to understand the message. The part that I like the most from…

— Ricky Martin

A good model of how to 'work with the enemy' internally is presented by the Dalai Lama, in his endless caretaking of his soul…

— Alice Walker

I heard about the Dalai Lama, you know and I thought to myself, why not me?

— Zach Braff

As soon as I began to talk to Dalai Lama, I realized that Chinese and Tibetans from his point of view are mostly the…

— Pico Iyer

In my downtime, you'll mostly find me curled up with a book. I love reading biographies. My favourites are those of Dalai Lama, Osama…

— Madhur Bhandarkar

The Dalai Lama, these days, encourages Westerners not to take up Buddhism, partly because he feels that our roots are deep in other traditions,…

— Pico Iyer

The Dalai Lama would say that meditation is something that can help everyone. But he's aware that it can be misused or things can…

— Pico Iyer

[The Dalai Lama] told me some years ago, "I've made every concession to China, and I've been as open and tolerant as I could,…

— Pico Iyer